November 20, 2009 – A new system that provides interactive road-mapping for interventional radiology, angiography, and vascular surgery, allows the physician to electronically draw or telestrate during live fluoro on the touch-screen monitor with a stylus. The telestration can then be used as a road-map to guide a catheter or perform an intervention during live, unsubtracted fluoro.

November 20, 2009 - The transfer of ownership of a small footprint, cost-effective MRI platform has effectively changed hands.

ONI Medical Systems announced today that the sale of its MRI technology platform to GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company, on November 6, 2009, has effectively closed.

November 20, 2009 – A new service for endovascular specialists who treat aortic aneurysms converts 2D computed tomography (CT) axial images to 3D images of the anatomy and aneurysm measurement for device sizing, precase planning and patient follow-up.

November 20, 2009 - Advanced visualization software is increasingly coming embedded in PACS. One new platform recently available to radiologists provides native MPR and 3D packages in all PACS workstations. Volume visualization aims to increase productivity and improve service level to referring physicians.

November 19, 2009 - A new ultrasound is designed for interventional radiology procedures and other applications where clinicians need fast and accurate diagnostic information to make clinical decisions for all patient types.

November 19, 2009 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) said in a statement on its Web site (www.acr.org) that it is pleased to see that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has reaffirmed that mammography is a vital and lifesaving tool in the battle against breast cancer.

November 18, 2009 - Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) are enabling radiation oncologists to enhance post-treatment health-related quality of life for patients with head and neck cancer, according to clinical studies presented an educational session for radiotherapy professionals.

November 18, 2009 - Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers, with a prognosis of just six months to live, and less than 5 percent surviving to five years after diagnosis. While there is available treatment using gemcitabine, sold as Gemzar, it has a response rate of only 5 percent.

Quest International will be showing the AlphaView AVC1. The AVC1 is a 19 inch, high-brightness, high-contrast LCD display, meeting all the demands of today’s surgical environments. The AVC1 is High-Definition ready, supports mirror image functionality, as well as an 8ms response, the fastest video response time in its class.

Quest International will be showing the AlphaView AVC4. The AVC4 combines the features and requirements of a Medical Display with the advantages of a large-screen LCD. The AVC4 reproduces Diagnostic quality color and grayscale images.

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